archiepiscopus

Latin

Alternative forms

archepiscopus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “I watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”), + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.eˈpis.ko.pus/, [ärkʰiɛˈpɪs̠kɔpʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.ki.eˈpis.ko.pus/, [ärkieˈpiskopus]

Noun

archiepiscopus m (genitive archiepiscopī); second declension

(Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) archbishop; a bishop who heads or presides over a group of dioceses called a province.
Synonym: (medieval) archipraesul

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	archiepiscopus	archiepiscopī
Genitive	archiepiscopī	archiepiscopōrum
Dative	archiepiscopō	archiepiscopīs
Accusative	archiepiscopum	archiepiscopōs
Ablative	archiepiscopō	archiepiscopīs
Vocative	archiepiscope	archiepiscopī

Derived terms

archiepiscopālis

Related terms

archielectus
episcopus

Descendants

Asturian: arzobispu
Catalan: arquebisbe
Dutch: aartsbisschop
English: archbishop
French: archevêque
Friulian: arcivescul
Galician: arcebispo
German: Erzbischof
Icelandic: erkibiskup
Italian: arcivescovo
Portuguese: arcebispo
Romansch: archuvestg, arzuestg
Sardinian: alcièscamu, atzibèscamu, archibíscamu
Spanish: arzobispo
Welsh: archesgob

References

“archiepiscopus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
archiepiscopus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
archiepiscopus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette